Enhancing the role of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in
contributing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A/RES/73/183
1.
Underlines the importance of the Commission on Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice in actively contributing to the global follow-up to and supporting the
thematic review of progress made in the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals relating to its mandate;
2.
Encourages Member States to raise awareness about the work of the
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and its relevance in the
successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 1
3.
Recognizes the integrated and indivisible nature of the Sustainable
Development Goals, as well as the interlinkages between them;
4.
Welcomes the cooperation of the Commission on Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice, within its existing mandate, with other functional commissions of
the Economic and Social Council, and encourages the Commission to further enhance
its cooperation with all relevant intergovernmental bodies and forums with a view to
advancing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
5.
Encourages Member States to consider including information on the
implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16, also in relation to the work of
the Commission, in their voluntary national reviews for consideration by the high level political forum on sustainable development during its meeting to be held in 2019
and sharing relevant information contained in those voluntary national reviews with
the Commission during its twenty-eighth session, including in the context of the
general debate;
6.
Invites Member States and relevant United Nations entities, international
and regional organizations, the institutes of the United Nations crime prevention and
criminal justice programme network and other relevant stakeholders to provide the
Commission, through its secretariat, for consideration during its twenty -eighth
session, views on how the Commission can contribute to the review of the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular
Sustainable Development Goal 16, and requests the Secretariat to also bring that
information to the attention of the high-level political forum at its meeting in 2019
and the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice, within existing reporting requirements.
56th plenary meeting
17 December 2018
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